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  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

decade ago, becomes the most expensive painting ever sold, all the while surrounded by controversy. Did the buyer of Leonardo da Vinci's painting pay too much? Was it real? Did it matter? The sale of Leonardo's painting allows students to reengineer View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

  Publications August 2013 American Economic Review Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity By: Davis, Steven J., John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract—Private equity critics claim that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

brand strategies. They looked to emerging international markets to fuel growth and broaden their portfolios of alternate beverages like tea, juice, sports drinks, energy drinks, and bottled water. Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola had vied for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

Publication:Hamburger Wirtschafts-Chronik 9 (2012) Abstract This article examines the growth and ultimate demise of the toothpaste brand Pebeco, which was created by the German personal care company Beiersdorf in 1903. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

Experienced negotiators are generally comfortable working out the terms of an economic contract: They bargain for the best price, haggle over equity splits, and iron out detailed exit clauses. But these same seasoned professionals often... View Details
Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius
  • 09 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 9

as a major threat for startups and small companies; big companies have more financial resources and greater scale, market power, and brand awareness than small ones. However, our research finds that a smaller View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Career Coach

Erika Osterling

Erika (HBS '09, ITESM '00) brings 20 years of experience as an operating leader and advisor. She has spent most of her career within Energy & Industrial, with additional roles in Consumer and Retail. Erika's 12+ year career at GE progressed from supply chain to... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Private Equity; Private Equity; Private Equity; Private Equity; Private Equity
  • 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

overstretch ARK's organizational capacity and risk failing to maintain the highest quality of delivery? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309036 Allston: Brand vs.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff were considering raising a 5th fund for their media-focused private equity firm, ABRY Partners. ABRY had a strong track record that the co-founders attributed to their group's deep knowledge of the media... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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create their own brands in the consumer/retail space; Consumer/retail general managers and consultants engaged in stewarding brand strategy; and Venture capital or private View Details
  • 18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

for compensation committees at public companies. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109036 Hearts on Fire—Brand Development Manager Harvard Business School Case 709-436 Hearts on Fire, a successful... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Guy Kamguia

Guy (HBS’ 15, Villanova’ 11, UMBC’ 08) is a Director of Strategy at TOMRA, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of advanced sorting equipment. He previously worked in private equity, driving value creation in portfolio companies, in emerging markets. Guy is... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Private Equity; Private Equity; Private Equity; Private Equity; Private Equity; Private Equity; Private Equity
  • 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5

now also has an equity stake in the Bahamas' gaming and resort industry. The case explores the growing role of project financing by way of China's Export-Import Bank and its implications for business dealmaking and the competitiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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private equity funds, and institutional investors." Jacqueline Crespo MBA 2015 | At the Nexus of Change "My experiences have taught me that there are no shortcuts or easy paths to solving the energy and climate problem. My view is that... View Details
  • 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29

complete. The local was never entirely subsumed by the global. Convergence and homogenization were stronger in aspirations than in preferences for particular products and scents, which remained more persistently local despite the spread of global View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

Brands The case explores the collateralization of intellectual property in a loan agreement between a highly leveraged apparel company and a large U.S. bank. Leveraging intangibles in the credit market is a new practice that has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

218-001 Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelez International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business, which included several leading... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2020
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

million in cash and $5 million in media assets, will focus on six areas identified with the help of community leaders and Celtics players: equity in education, economic opportunity and empowerment, equity in... View Details
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

with less efficient governments. The findings suggest that country-level factors have an economically significant impact on the rate of corporate profitability mean reversion. The study has implications for forecasting profitability and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

matters for innovation, and therefore growth, because it enables the local entrepreneur to put equity into this cooperative venture, which mitigates an agency problem that would otherwise deter the foreign investor from participating. In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace